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prodigals

prodigals is the plural of prodigal.

Meaning of prodigal

Noun

prodigal (plural prodigals)

  1. A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
    • Now thinkes he that her husbands ſhallow tongue, / The niggard prodigall that praiſde her ſo: / In that high task hath done her Beauty wrong.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature B3, recto

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Questions about prodigals

What is prodigals the plural of?
Prodigals is the plural of prodigal.

Words near prodigals in the dictionary

  1. prodigalizes
  2. prodigalizing
  3. prodigall
  4. prodigally
  5. prodigalness
  6. prodigals
  7. prodigate
  8. prodigated
  9. prodigates
  10. prodigating
  11. prodigence

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